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Reference number

SM 31/4/22

Purpose

[193] Preliminary design and working drawing for the Breakfast Room, 18 October 1801

Aspect

Ceiling plan and two wall elevations (verso) detail elevation for part of a wall and doorway

Inscribed

labelled q[uer]y Recede 1½ / behind / W or q / y / if not better / to be all flush / above the pedestal / parts, B.C. the depth of / this part is determined / by the door D. the / space between C & the / door being made / the width of the bases / which form the architrave / to the door, A.A there / slabs in / pedestal / parts to / project / 3 Inches only / Ch[imne]y to project / 10½ from / face of / brickwork, Looking glass, Door, Glass, cha (three times), black to L, Ki [illegible] of hinge (twice) and some dimensions given (verso) labelled back of Bookcase Wall line, Door of Bookcase, Floor line, Marble top and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 18 October 1801
    Octr. 18: 1801

Medium and dimensions

Brown and red pen, partly pricked for transfer, on laid paper (586 x 355)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane

Literature

B. De Divitiis, 'New Drawings for the interiors of the Breakfast Room and Library at Pitzhanger Manor', Architectural History Vol 48, 2005, p.164

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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